Tullaghomeath
Tullaghomeath is a townland in the civil parish of Carlingford, barony of Dundalk Lower, Co. Louth. Its name in Irish is Tulach Ó Méith.
- Area
- 281.1 ha
- 695 acres
- Land parcels
- 50
- registered freehold, median 4,588 m² (0.46 ha, 1.13 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 3
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
50 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Tullaghomeath, from 60 m² to 40,831 m² (4.08 ha, 10.09 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 16 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Tullaghomeath in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
4 Jun 2024Conditional
Permission to demolish existing fire damaged dwelling house and construction of a new replacement dwelling house, effluent treatment plant and percolation area and all associated site works
Permission · Louth County Council, 2492
30 Apr 2021N/a
Permission for the demolition of existing dilapidated dwelling and out houses, construction of new split level dwelling house with raised patio area and external garden walls, waste water treatment system, percolation area, upgrade of existing laneway serving dwelling, modification of existing entrance onto public road and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 21504
17 Jun 2019Conditional
Permission for a proposed 2 storey rear extension to existing dwelling. **Significant Further Information received 10/06/2020 to allow for revised 2 storey extension and new waste water treatment system**
Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 19472
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
- Special Area of Conservation: Carlingford Mountain SAC 000453
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Carlingford Mountain 000453
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Tullaghomeath.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Tullaghomeath.
Designated sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service. Recorded monuments: Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service. Buildings: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Works at or in relation to a recorded monument need two months' written notice to the National Monuments Service (National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994, section 12).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- At the centre of the townland of Tullaghomeath, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as high, moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Tullaghomeath.
- Flooding
- The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under CC BY 4.0. LiDAR: contains Irish Public Sector Data (Geological Survey Ireland & the Office of Public Works) licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Tullaghomeath with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Louth.
The townland
- Name
- Tullaghomeath · Tulach Ó Méith
- Area
- 2,810,984 m² (281.1 ha, 694.61 acres)
- Civil parish
- Carlingford, and its townlands
- Barony
- Dundalk Lower
- Electoral division
- Drummullagh, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 1,505 people lived in 527 households in the Drummullagh electoral division. 75% of households owned their home. 46% of homes were built since 2001. 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 14% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Anaverna, Bavan, Corrakit, Doolargy, Ravensdale Park
- Placenames
- Tullaghomeath on logainm.ie, the Placenames Database of Ireland
Townlands, civil parishes, baronies and electoral divisions, National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics by electoral division, Central Statistics Office, CC BY 4.0. A townland is the smallest land division of Ireland, and the unit of a rural address. Old registers such as the 1901 and 1911 censuses file it under its civil parish and barony.